Richmond Hill High School sophomore Beau Corbin has some lofty goals. He hopes to attend the Naval Academy and become an officer in the Marine Corps. But the 15 year old isn't just sitting around dreaming about it, he is doing things he hopes will help him toward that goal.

First, Corbin is a Boy Scout, but he's not satisfied with being just a scout, he's working to become an Eagle Scout. Second, he is a corporal in the Richmond Hill High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC). Third, he is combining scouting and JROTC.

"We have a fairly good JROTC Raider team that goes off to competitions at other schools who host events that all have state-of-the-art obstacle courses," Corbin said. "Our JROTC didn't have that, so I thought it would be a good idea to construct this course so they would be better prepared when they go to competitions. Eventually, the JROTC will construct some more obstacles, which will allow us to actually host Raider meets."

The obstacles, constructed by Corbin and members of Boy Scout Troop 400, include: an overhead ladder (monkey bars), a balance beam and a climbing wall and are located adjacent to the softball field at RHHS. Most of the materials used in construction were donated, Corbin said, although he did pay for some of it himself. He hopes to be reimbursed when he holds a fundraiser later.

The project took Corbin and the scouts about 12 total working hours at the site to complete. However, he said, he has considerably more than 12 hours personally invested in the project.

"I have been keeping track, but the exact time evades me right now," he said.